So they are threatening to take their ball and go home over two films they have yet to see. I say let 'em. No better way to reach more voters than by confining yourself to your bubble. Isn't Fox's entire programming schedule essentially one long republican campaign ad? It's not the hypocrisy that surprises me it's the idiocy that they don't see this is going to take their candidates away from potential voters. Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.

Nevertheless, I feel there is still a fifty fifty chance that one or both of those networks will come up with a reason why they had to scrap the film, which will have nothing at all to do with republicans in any way.

rabble wrote:Nevertheless, I feel there is still a fifty fifty chance that one or both of those networks will come up with a reason why they had to scrap the film, which will have nothing at all to do with republicans in any way.

This is what a party that is about to self-destruct does. The movie is a handy excuse. What they really want is to hide the clown show their party has become. Striking out like this may fool the people who want to be fooled, but it just brings attention to the not ready for prime time players they will have lined up to debate.

The debates will occur on NBC, however. They will play on Saturday Night Live, and they will be devastating.

I think I'd welcome the move because it would virtually guarantee that the candidates act like complete lunatics during the primary, providing a plethora of sound and video clips that could be used against them in the general election. Of course, to the typical Republican primary voter, lunacy is part of the job description. In fact, the only group that will likely think this is a bad idea is establishment Republicans, a cowed and dwindling group of "RINO's" that includes the only people actually capable of winning a national election.

Well, the RNC went ahead and voted to ban NBC and CNN from hosting debates, which I find delightful. Not only does it make them look like spoiled children, but it further withdraws them from the public eye. I don't see how Republicans, most of whom admit that they need to reach out to minorities and youth voters, benefit by withdrawing from two prominent news outlets, regardless of how biased they imagine them to be.

Then again, it's not like Democrats are hosting their debates on FoxNews, so if Republicans really believe that CNN and NBC are liberal cesspools, perhaps it doesn't hurt them.